11-year-old boy shot in leg on the way to grandmother's home in Central City

11-year-old boy shot in leg on the way to grandmother's home in Central City

An 11-year-old boy is recovering after he was wounded in a double shooting in Central City.

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Updated: 7:07 PM CDT May 24, 2017

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WEBVTT ERUPTED AND HE WAS SHOT IN THELEG.>> WHEN I WAS COMING FROM OUTHE STREET, SOME DUDES JUSTROLLED UP IN THE CAR AND THEJUST STARTED SHOOTING.AUBRY: YOU'RE LOOKING ATSURVEILLANCE VIDEO AT THEINTERSECTION OF FRERET AND MLKA VEHICLE, SHORTLY BEFORE 8:00P.M. TUESDAY, SPEEDS BY.SOMEONE IS POINTING A GUNOUTSIDE OF THE WINDOW. SHOTS ARE FIRED.PEOPLE IN THE AREA RUN AWAY TOAVOID BEING WOUNDEJEREMIAH SMITH AND AN18-YEAR-OLD MAN WERE UNABLE TOESCAPE THE GUNFIRE. I PULLED DOWN MY PANTS. THEY HAD A BULLET HOLE RIGHTTHERE.>> IT WENT IN HERE AND IT CAMEOUT THE OTHER SIDE AND HIT MYFRIEND IN THE LEG.HE HAD A BIG HOLE IN HIS LEG ANDTHE BULLET WAS RIGHT THERE ONHIS SKIN.AUBRY: JEREMIAH SAYS HE WASTAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SHORTLYAFTER THE SHOOTING.HIS GRANDMOTHER, LYNN THOMAS,SAYS SHE HEARD 9 GUNSHOTS. >> POP, POP, POP, POP -- LIKETHAT.I HAD JUST COME HOME FROM BIBLESTUDY.BECAUSE TOO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE ISGETTING KILLED, HALF OF THEMAREN'T SEEING THE AGE OF18-YEARS-OLD.AUBRY: SHE SAYS HER FAMILY ISNOT THE TYPE TO HAVE ENEMIES ANDA MOTIVE BEHIND THE SHOOTING ISUNCLEAR.AUBRY: WHAT WOULD YOU TELLWHOEVER SHOT YOUR GRANDSON?WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM IF YOUCOULD TALK TO THEM?>> I AM GOING TO PRAY FOR THEM.YOU KNOW, THAT GOD WILL CHANGETHEM.YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY AREGOING THROUGH, WHATEVER THEIRFEELINGS ARE TOWARDS OTHERPEOPLE, THEY NEED TO JUST STOPIT.AND ASK GOD TO FORGIVE THEM FORTHEIR SINS.AUBRY: AS FOR JEREMIAH, HE SAYSHE WILL SPEND MOST OF HIS SUMMERBREAK INSIDE, AS HE IS NERVOUSABOUT BEING SHOT AGAIN IN HISNEIGHBORHOOD>> I AM GOING TO STAY INSIDESOME DAYS.THEY SHOOT A LOT AND KIDS GET

11-year-old boy shot in leg on the way to grandmother's home in Central City

An 11-year-old boy is recovering after he was wounded in a double shooting in Central City.

In an exclusive interview with WDSU, the child and his grandmother spoke about what happened. Jeremiah Smith said the gunfire erupted while he was walking to his grandmother’s house. He was shot in the leg.